Support and General Use > User Interface and Voice
changes to the Gigabeat button mappings
lights0ut:
Doesn't having the vol. buttons always on volume function mean that one could change the volume from anywhere on the player? I like this functionality, but I could see where using the vol buttons as paging scrollers it would aid those with very long lists. Maybe a new setting is in order?
Mad Cow:
I changed the mappings to have the volume buttons for paged scrolling a while ago because it was similar to how the H10 does it. IMO it's much better than using them to change the volume from the menus.
ilikedirt:
I don't quite like the new mapping. It makes using the player with one hand a whole lot harder and pushing the A button when the player is in the dock is fiddly too.
I did not know, that the page-scroll was on power-up/down so I never experienced accidential shutdowns - but now that I know that would propably be a problem with the old layout ;) So I do not know, what would be the best solution, either, but I still prefer the old layout.
Llorean:
I'm still of the opinion that in the WPS, A should be play/pause, and 'select' should go back to the filetree. It brings back easy (easier at least) one handed operation, and brings the target in line with the other targets in regards to button map consistency between screens.
With that, you can then, from WPS, using only the cross, insert and manipulate the playlist. Getting back to the WPS is slightly harder (Hold left, then tap left once, then choose the Now Playing entry) than a single button press, but you get the added functionality, and the cross-platform consistency of not having a button change functions between screens (change functions relative to the other targets, that is).
Nate!:
Now I understand. Uniformity is the desired goal. I was thinking what Llorean described was an attempt to get the Gigabeat to behave like the iriver platforms. This didn't seem right since some of the Gigabeat community have only had the Toshiba device and have grown accustom to its navigation style. (Hence my feature request for the addition of the sliding cross navigation.) But, I for one, do admire how Rockbox works for a miriad of platforms and Rockbox on one device operates much the same way as Rockbox on another.
Like I've mentioned before, the new mapping took just a few minutes to get used to so changing it again wouldn't be a big deal. (For Me anyway)
Although, can we get a dev to revisit the sliding cross navigation feature request? ;) lol
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